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Twitter suspends white nationalists as it enforces new rules
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
NEW YORK -- Twitter suspended the accounts of well-known white nationalists Monday, moving swiftly to enforce its new rules aimed at reducing what it deems abusive content. The account of far-right group Britain First, a small group that regularly posts inflammatory videos purporting to show Muslims engaged in acts of violence, was among the first to go dark. The individual accounts of two of its leaders, Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding, also were suspended...
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Fly-fishing at Jackson's Rotary Lake
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
Ben Huang casts his line Monday while fly fishing at Rotary Lake in Jackson City Park. Weather conditions will remain uncommonly warm for more fishing today, with highs in the mid-50s.
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Shape Up Cape wellness initiative will return in 2018
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
Shape Up Cape is gearing up for a return in 2018, said Shad Burner, vice president of business development for the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce. The program, a communitywide wellness initiative, started in 2002. It was discontinued in 2010, Burner said...
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Former Scott City mayor files defamation lawsuit against state rep, two others
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
Former Scott City mayor Ron Cummins has filed a lawsuit against a state lawmaker and two others, accusing them of making defamatory statements. The suit, filed late last week in Scott County Circuit Court, accuses state Rep. Holly Rehder, former mayor Tim Porch and Scott City resident Cindi Davidson Brashear of publishing "defamatory statements against the plaintiff alleging malfeasance of office, corruption, theft in the form of misuse of public funds and other defamatory statements too numerous to list in this petition.". ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2017. There are 12 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to camp for the winter...
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Opportunity remains to serve on local boards
(Editorial ~ 12/19/17)
If your upcoming resolution list includes "becoming more active in the community" or "doing more to help" you might consider volunteering for a board in local government. As recently reported by Marybeth Niederkorn, the Cape Girardeau County Commission is looking to fill several positions on some 16 boards. The county is always looking for people to step up and fill all sorts of roles...
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Looking ahead to the new year in Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 12/19/17)
I bring greetings to all my fellow citizens by wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year of 2018. 2017 is rapidly coming to a close as is my mayoral term of eight years. We have experienced a very good 2017 in Cape Girardeau, and we have many things for which to be proud and thankful. Rather than give a lengthy recap of all accomplishments and activities during this past year, I want to spend this available time and space looking forward into the coming year...
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Oil and gas plumes found at site of 13-year-old leak in Gulf
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Federal regulators have found fresh evidence of an "ongoing oil release" at the site of a 13-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, where chronic sheens often stretch for miles off Louisiana's coast, according to government lawyers...
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Trump doctrine: Economic security is national security
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declared a new national-security strategy Monday, echoing the message of his 2016 campaign as he declared "America is in the game, and America is going to win." In a speech at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Trump faulted previous U.S. ...
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Federal judge steps down after accusations of sexual misconduct
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
SAN FRANCISCO -- A prominent U.S. appeals court judge announced his retirement Monday days after women alleged he subjected them to inappropriate sexual conduct or comments. Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a statement a battle over the accusations would not be good for the judiciary. He said he'll step down, effective immediately...
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McCain says he's feeling well, vows return in January
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday expressed thanks for the overwhelming support as he battles brain cancer, saying he is feeling well and looks forward to being back on the job in January. The 81-year senator returned home to Arizona after being treated for a viral infection at Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland. He had missed votes last week and will miss a crucial vote on the GOP tax bill this week...
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Airlines inch back to normalcy after airport blackout
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
ATLANTA -- The nation's air-travel system struggled to get back on schedule and re-book stranded passengers Monday after a fire and blackout at the world's busiest airport forced the cancellation of over 1,500 flights days before the start of the Christmas rush...
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Commuters help people out of derailed train, comfort victims
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
DUPONT, Wash. -- Daniel Konzelman was one of thousands of commuters barreling along a highway outside Seattle on Monday morning when the emergency response training he learned as an Eagle Scout kicked in. He and a friend pulled over after an Amtrak passenger train hurtled off an overpass and crashed into vehicles on Interstate 5 below, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others, authorities said...
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Virginia police chief retires after criticism over rally
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
The first African-American police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia, abruptly resigned Monday, about two weeks after an independent review criticized his "slow-footed response" to violence at a white nationalist rally this summer. In a brief statement, the city did not give a reason for chief Al Thomas' departure, which was effective immediately...
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Son, father charged in connection with school threat
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
NEW ORLEANS -- A 14-year-old boy was charged with threatening violence at his school, and his father was jailed for refusing to turn his son in and threatening police, authorities said Monday. Students at Lusher Charter School told school staff the teen made the threats Thursday, saying he was going to "shoot the school up on Friday," police commander Shaun Ferguson said at a news conference. The school houses grades six to 12...
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Snow as precious as gold for Olympic hopefuls
(International News ~ 12/19/17)
SAAS-FEE, Switzerland -- The athletes' half-hour commute in the Swiss Alps -- up two gondolas, then through a tunnel in the world's highest underground train to a glacier at 11,000 feet -- served up daily reminders global warming is threatening their line of work...
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Opposition leader says he could beat Putin in fair election
(International News ~ 12/19/17)
MOSCOW -- As the most serious challenger during Vladimir Putin's 18 years in power, Alexei Navalny has endured arrests, show trials and facefuls of green antiseptic that damaged his vision. But in an interview Monday with The Associated Press, he said the biggest thing keeping him from becoming Russia's next president is a political system that punishes him for rallying support and conspires to keep his face off the airwaves...
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Amtrak train on new route hurtles off bridge in fatal crash
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
DUPONT, Wash. -- An Amtrak train making its first run along a new, faster route hurtled off an overpass south of Seattle on Monday and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least three people, injuring more than 100 and crushing two vehicles, authorities said...
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New leader of South Africa's ANC party has daunting task
(International News ~ 12/19/17)
JOHANNESBURG -- Cyril Ramaphosa, elected leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in a tight race Monday, faces the daunting task of uniting a divided party and reviving the tarnished reputation of Nelson Mandela's liberation movement...
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Smiley claims PBS made mistake in ouster, but PBS fires back
(Entertainment ~ 12/19/17)
NEW YORK -- Tavis Smiley has defended himself from allegations he had sexual relationships with subordinates and created an abusive workplace environment, denying wrongdoing and saying PBS made a mistake by suspending him from his talk show. PBS almost immediately fired back, saying he "needs to get his story straight."...
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U.S. health officials to target high-risk alternative remedies
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. health officials plan to crack down on a growing number of unproven alternative remedies, focusing on products containing dangerous ingredients that occasionally have been linked to serious injury and death. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a new proposal for regulating homeopathic medicines that long have been on the fringe of mainstream medicine. ...
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Out of the past: Dec. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 12/19/17)
After losing his re-election bid in the August Republican primary, Cape Girardeau County Associate Commissioner Leonard Sander is trying to tie up the loose ends of his eight terms on the commission; as commissioner from the 1st District, Sander was responsible for overseeing the county highway department and road and bridge program...
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Curtis Spain
(Obituary ~ 12/19/17)
Curtis E. Spain, 76, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Liley Funeral Homes in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Fred Ritter officiating. Burial will be in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Dustin Sample-Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 12/19/17)
Dustin Robert Sample-Hamilton, 23, of Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. He was born June 25, 1994, in Cape Girardeau to Thomas Ray Hamilton and Carrie Lynn Sample Hamilton. Dustin graduated from Jackson High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Milton Mueller
(Obituary ~ 12/19/17)
Milton Erich Mueller, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at the Lutheran Home, due to age complications as well as Parkinson's disease, diabetes and related conditions. He was born July 1, 1927, in St. Louis County to the late Erich G. and Meta M. Kropp Mueller. He was married to Patricia Ann Vilda on Nov. 25, 1951. She preceded him in death after 60 years of marriage in January 2012...
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Thep Keopraseut
(Obituary ~ 12/19/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thep Keopraseut, 71, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. The funeral will be at noon Thursday at the chapel. Burial will be at El Nathan Cemetery in Marble Hill...
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Frances Hodges
(Obituary ~ 12/19/17)
Frances Lorraine Hodges, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Aug. 19, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to Albert Ervin and Hedwig Amelia Schenck Hunze. She and J. Frank Hodges were married Friday, Oct. 18, 1946, at Cape Girardeau. He passed away May 18, 2003...
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Arthur Dunlap
(Obituary ~ 12/19/17)
Arthur Dunlap, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at Heartland Care and Rehab. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Jackson police report 12/19/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/19/17)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Samuel Unnerstall, 17, of Jackson was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant for property damage. Citations n Melissa Speeney, 57, of Cape Girardeau was issued a citation for operating a motor vehicle while suspended...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 12/19/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/19/17)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sunday n Medical assists were made at 11:40 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 7:29 p.m. on William Street; and 9:04 p.m. on Village Drive. n At 3:04 a.m., a call on William Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 12/19/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/19/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWIs n Dustin Williams, 28, was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated at North End Boulevard and Big Bend Road. n Brock Hensley, no age given, of Buncombe, Illinois, was arrested at 740 S. Kingshighway on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, no operator's license and a motor-vehicle accident...
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Births 12/19/17
(Births ~ 12/19/17)
Son to Quaetonio Marquis Hughes and Taylor Michelle Newsom of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:35 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. Name, Brysynn Marquis Alexander. Weight, 7 pounds, 9 ounces. First child. Newsom is the daughter of Toni Newsom of Jackson and Harry Newsom of Bonne Terre, Missouri. Hughes is the son of DeAnda Crayton of Abilene, Texas, and Darrell Bell of Houston. He is employed by Red Lobster...
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Ex-Missouri death-row inmate re-sentenced to life in prison
(State News ~ 12/19/17)
ST. LOUIS -- After maintaining his innocence for more than a quarter of a century, Reginald Clemons admitted Monday he took part in the rape and killing of two sisters who were pushed from an abandoned St. Louis bridge into the Mississippi River. Clemons spent 22 years on death row before the Missouri Supreme Court threw out the conviction in 2015 after finding prosecutors suppressed evidence police had beaten a confession out of him. ...
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Ethics hearing on Missouri lawmaker rescheduled
(State News ~ 12/19/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri House ethics hearing over a Republican lawmaker who called for the vandal of a Confederate monument to be hanged has been rescheduled following pushback from a top Democrat. Ethics Committee chairman Rep. Kevin Austin on Monday said he rescheduled the hearing on fellow Republican Rep. Warren Love for Jan. 4 ...
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Missouri struggling with prison guard shortage
(State News ~ 12/19/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Department of Correction continues to struggle with a staffing shortage across the state's more than 20 prisons. Documents filed with Gov. Eric Greitens' budget office said the state's prison system would have at least eight fewer workers beginning in July 2018 at a time when Missouri's inmate population is expected to rise by more than 400...
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Design-build consultant hired for Cape County justice center
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
Cape Girardeau County Commissioners approved a design-build consultant for the new justice-center project, scheduled to begin in 2018. The consultant, Navigate Building Solutions of St. Louis, will guide the commissioners through the design and construction of the new facility, and will be under contract...
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Cape council approves proposed development near Klaus Park
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
A new residential development south of Klaus Park would involve a mix of single-family homes, duplexes and apartments under a planned development approved Monday by the Cape Girardeau City Council. It also might involve age restrictions and facilities that would cater to the elderly, city planner Ryan Shrimplin said...
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Jackson aldermen enact new building codes
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
New building codes in Jackson will take effect Jan. 1 after action by the city’s board of aldermen at Monday’s regular meeting. Building permits submitted through Dec. 29 will remain under the current 2009 codes, a city news release stated. The board unanimously approved nine actions adopting updates to the International Building Code, replacing the 2009 International Building Code the city had been operating under...
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White Christmas ahead? There's a chance in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
A white Christmas might be in the cards this year, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. Although lead forecaster David Humphrey said it’s too soon to tell, a possibility of rain and snow showers exists for Sunday night, just in time for Christmas...
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Prayer 12/19/17
(Prayer ~ 12/19/17)
We praise you, Lord Jesus, our Wonderful Counsel and Mighty God. Amen.
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End of days comes for 'zombie Nativity' scene
(National News ~ 12/19/17)
CINCINNATI -- A ghoulish holiday tradition soon will come to a close after a man said he won't put up his "zombie Nativity" scene after this year. Sycamore Township's Jasen Dixon said he wasn't planning to install the display this year. "But I get hundreds of emails from people, local fans," he said. "It's almost like a cult following." Dixon installed the display complete with zombie Mary and zombie baby Jesus in early December. He said he'll put it in storage or sell it after Christmas...
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Cape County Route AB closed for railroad repairs
(Local News ~ 12/19/17)
Route AB in Cape Girardeau County will be closed between County Road 217 and County Road 219 as BNSF Railway crews perform crossing repairs. The railroad crossing will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...
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'Ain't none of yo' birthday'
(Column ~ 12/19/17)
"Ain't none of yo' birthday." I've heard these words much of my life, spoken repeatedly by Aunt Alma. Translation of a southern aunt's dialect: "Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, not you!" Even as she made Christmas as special as possible for those around her, she made sure everyone, my siblings and I, in particular, knew the reason for the season...
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